3 chapters across the catalog
"Valley Girl," a show featuring venture capitalist Tim Draper's daughter, is critiqued as a paid-for promotional vehicle for Draper-funded companies. The hosts mock the show's use of invented terms like "Fash-Tech" and "Wearapist" (a fashion therapist). They highlight a segment featuring Genie Mai, criticizing the high-pitched screaming and "dingbat" personas as a regression for women in the technology industry.
International Day of the Girl, Tech Girls Program
Secretary of State John Kerry is featured in a clip promoting the "International Day of the Girl" and the State Department's "Tech Girls" exchange program. The hosts mock the rhetoric of "empowered girls" and point out that women already hold significant leadership roles in technology, citing IBM CEO Ginni Rometty and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer as examples.
Silicon Alley, Women Entrepreneurship and Diversity in Coding
The New York tech scene, often called "Silicon Alley," hosts various initiatives like "In Good Company" and "Girls Who Code" at 28 West 23rd Street. These programs emphasize diversity, featuring stories of students from Senegal and Brooklyn learning to code in multiple languages. However, the heavy involvement of venture capital firms and advertising platforms like AppNexus suggests a commercial undercurrent to these social initiatives.
